How to Elevator Pitch with Lady Art Nation at New Women Space

Having a concept of your endeavor is important and being able to confidently discuss it is necessary to move forward with your project.

In this presentation/workshop Olivia Jane, AnnaLiisa Ashley Ariosa-Benston, and Maggie Denning will present how to identify key elements in a project/concept/creative endeavor and how to summarize it clearly to be able to pitch your work. We will talk strategy, show real examples, and help you work through your concept with prepared exercises.

Tickets are $15 - funds will be used to support New Women Space & Lady Art Nation

Lady Art Nation is an intersectional feminist collective for creatives encompassing all ethnicities & is gender expansive. We have an online support system for creatives and IRL events to engage with the community.

Olivia Jane Huffman, founder of Lady Art Nation is a Visual and Performance artist is based in Brooklyn, NY. Their work deconstructs the psyche to critique social injustices via assemblages, sculpture, performance, and video by exposing misogynistic fantasies embedded in our accepted behavioral norms. Olivia Jane’s art has been exhibited at Forward Union, IDIO Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery, and Lewis & Clark Gender Studies Symposium and featured in HyperAllergic, Bust Magazine’s column It’s Not Personal, Helen A Literary Magazine, Susie Magazine, and Las Vegas Review Journal. Lady Art Nation has been featured in Forward Union, Hyperallergic, and Surface Design Association.

Visual artist and founder of Famousonmars, AnnaLiisa Benston lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Famousonmars is an interactive online and installation project featuring art work, wearable art objects, and live tattooing with an emphasis on feminism, intersectionality, and social codification. She uses social media as a tool for collaboration, real time feedback, sales, and networking -- keeping her practice constantly charged and ever changing. Benston holds a BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute (‘14) and her MFA from SVA (‘16). Benston has exhibited work at Miami Art Basel (5th year returning), Satellite Art Fair (2nd year returning), The Hole Gallery and Kunsthalle Galapagos. Her work has been featured in publications for Ladygunn Magazine, Hyperallergic, and Bushwick Daily.

Maggie Denning is a Brooklyn-based Musician and works as a Music Publicist at Effective Immediately PR & Gramophone Media. As a publicist, she handles the editorial press, tour press, social media growth and branding with primarily queer artists, women, and artists of color. Her indie pop project Magdalena focuses on heavy, experimental pop, with lyrics that dig deeper into intersectional feminism and mental health. She has coordinated national tours and has performed at Mercury Lounge, Bitter End, Bowery Electric and Rockwood Music Hall. Maggie graduated from CAP21 Conservatory where she studied musical theatre and studied at Vassar Powerhouse Theater Program; where she was mentored by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. This summer Maggie will be volunteering with Music as Therapy organizations where she'll be working with sex trafficking and trauma survivors.

New Women Space is a 2,100 sq. ft. mixed-used space made for in-person gatherings. Opened in September of 2016, the space was co-founded by Melissa Wong and Sandra Hong with the intention and dream of creating a place where women of all experiences could feel deeply accepted and connected. The space's mission is to create positive and lasting impact on our communities through curated programming and an open invitation for women and femmes of all experiences to start their own conversations and introduce new narratives.